Month: December 2011

30 Dec 2011
December 30, 2011 0 Comments By masterpiecelandscapingadmin garden seasons, The Art of Landscaping, winter landscapes

Not All Minnesota Winters are Equal

Winter Twin Cities, Minnesota, 2011 has not yet arrived.   The joy is mixed with sorrow at Masterpiece Landscaping, at least from this writer's perspective. The Joy:   For most of this past month, December, there has been little precipitation, meaning no snow.   For this past month I have been able to stroll along my garden paths and pretend I am working.  I always enjoy its beauty.   Yes, the ground is frozen which eliminates planting or transplanting/   That suits...

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06 Dec 2011
December 6, 2011 0 Comments By masterpiecelandscapingadmin battling the Minnesota climate, garden seasons, The Art of Landscaping, winter landscapes

Beauty in the Bleak Season

The Bleak Season at my grounds last year began  on Saturday, November 13 with a 32 inch dump of wet snow burying nearly every plant shorter than  ten  feet tall.    This  snow and a lot more following it lasted all winter long.  There was no January thaw, the first in  my memory causing drifts up to six feet making paths impassable.   The snow was so deep I couldn't plow my body through the permasnow five feet deep where...

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